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J. HAINES.

FRUIT CAN.

No. 67,754. Patented Aug. 1 3, 1867.

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JOEL HAINES, OF WEST MIDDLEBURG, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 67,754, dated August 13, 186? v A IMPROVEMENT IN FRUITGANS.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY concerns:

Be it'known that I, JOEL HAINES, of West Middleburg, Logan county, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Cans; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sullicient to enable any person'skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvements, without further invention or experiment.

The nature of my invention and improvements consists in the peculiar con-"fraction of the can described in the following specification and represented in the drawings, In the accompanying drawings-- vFigure' 1 is an elevation of a can with my improvements. i Figure2 is a section on the side of the bar H.

In these drawings, A is the cam; rnnde of sheet tin, with a bottom, B, and concave top, 0, corrugated around the mouthF to receive the rubber packing D, shown in fig. Q of the drawings. E is an inverted frustum of a c one nmde of tin and soldered on the top O around the mouth F, so as to serve as a tunnel in filling the can.

I cut twd-nmches, G, in the upper edge of the frustum E, and put-a wire around the top edge to cross the I notches G and hold the bar H, which carries the screw I to fasten down the cover J, as shown in fig. 2. This bar may be made in the form shown, with a score, K, at one endto traverse on the wiretaround the, top. and a" null or pin, L, is put through the end of the ba iyoutside of the-wire, so as to hinge thehar H to the canand v prevent its being lost. The score K in vthe bar is out deep enough to let'thc bar slide back, so that the opposite end can he raised up, and the bar turned over on the wire where it is hinged, so as to be out of the way in filling the can and applying the cover J, which is made concave and suflicient ly arched to resist the pressurelnecessarj to holdit down tight on the rubber packing D. The cover J has a bracket, P, soldered in the'ceutre of the top,

which is stilt enough to, resist the pressure of the screw I in forcing the cover and packing down to make the f mouth of the can tight. To. prevent the contents of the can from 'coming freely in contact with the rubber packing I solder tho-flange R- to under side of the cover, sons to just fill the mouth of the top C.

1. I claim corrugating the metal around the mouth of the can, to render the pitching tight with small pressure.

tating the filling of the can and to hold the cover in place.

3 I claim the wire around the top of the frustum tohold the bar that iastens down the cover. 7 i 4. And, in combination with the wire around the top, I claim the bar H, hinged to the wire at one end so that it can he slid back and raised 'to remove the cover, substuntially as described. v JOEL HAINES.

Witnesses:

CHARLIE E. ALLEN,- ISRAEL P00L.

2. I claim a flaring flange 0r inverted frustum around the mouth of the can, to serve as a tunnel in facili- 

